Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
Date:
1773-1809
Object Number:
1867.298
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Officer's coat
Object Number:
1949.161
Date:
1852-1855
Medium:
Wool, linen, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 25 x 40 in. ( 7.6 x 63.5 x 101.6 cm )
Marks:
cast: face of each button: "I"
stamped: reverse of bodice buttons: "THOMAS N. DALE & CO. / NEW YORK"
stamped: reverse of cuff buttons: "T. N. DALE & CO. / N.Y."
Description:
Dark blue wool serge Infantry officer's single-breasted coat; 1" closed stand-up collar (1 hook and eye), evidence of shoulder straps extant, 9 buttons down the bodice, closed false cuffs on 8 1/4" wide sleeves (flat) with 3 buttons at the wrists; 4 panels at the back of the bodice, with 2 buttons near the center at the waistline, a button on each side of split skirt; inside lined with green linen, with slit breast pocket on the left, bodice lightly padded and quilted, metal clasp buckle on straps at the waistline, sleeves lined with white twill-weave linen.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession record, this coat may have belonged to Henry W. Stanton (b. New York, ca. 1780. d. ca. 1855), who is said to have died ca. 1855 in a skirmish with Indians in New Mexico (Fort Stanton is said to be named for him). However, military expert Bruce Bazelon says that this coat is clearly of the Civil War era (post-1855), and he believes that the accession record actually refers to 1949.315, a pre-Civil War coat.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Samuel M. Stanton
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
